After a long day wandering through Tauranga streets and through a cat door, this young seal pup went straight for the couch at a home in the Bay of Plenty.

A humpback whale and her calf frolicked in the Hauraki Gulf yesterday, entertaining a boatload of tourists.

A pair of humpback whales thrilled tourists in the Bay of Islands, breaching several times out of the water in full display.

When the Rena struck and grounded on Astrolabe Reef on October 5, great fears for the wildlife spread as fast as the floating slick of oil. The following day four dead birds were seen as the first of many casualties.